Brookings Papers on Education Policy 2005

Contents include: Test-Based Accountability: The Promise and the Perils Tom Loveless (Brookings) Can the Federal Government Improve Education Research? Brian Jacob (Harvard University) and Jens Ludwig (Georgetown University ) Realizing the Promise of Brand-Name Schools Steven F.Wilson (Harvard University) School Choice: How an Abstract Idea Became a Political Reality Joseph P. Viteritti (Hunter College, CUNY) Education Reform and Content: The Long View E.D. Hirsch Jr. (Core Knowledge Foundation) Evidence-Based Reading Policy in the United States: How Scientific Research Informs Instructional Practices Reid Lyon and Vinita Chhabra (National Institutes of Health) and Sally E. Shaywitz and Bennett A. Shaywitz (Yale University)Ravitch, Diane is the author of 'Brookings Papers on Education Policy 2005 ' with ISBN 9780815774075 and ISBN 0815774079.